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St. Louis Cardinals @ New York Giants

1938-05-24 · Day game · Polo Grounds V · Att: 4275 · 2:14

New York Giants defeated St. Louis Cardinals 9–4. New York Giants put up 3 in the 1st. Slick Castleman earned the win. Pepper Martin went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
SLN	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	8
NY1	3	1	0	2	0	0	3	0		9	11

W: Slick Castleman L: Bob Weiland SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: George Barr · 1B: Bill Stewart · 2B: (none) · 3B: (none) · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

St. Louis Cardinals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jimmy Brown	5	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Stripp	4	0	1	0	0	0
Enos Slaughter	4	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Medwick	4	1	1	0	0	0
Johnny Mize	4	0	2	0	0	0
Pepper Martin	4	1	1	2	0	0
Don Gutteridge	3	1	1	0	1	0
Mickey Owen	4	1	1	2	0	0
Bob Weiland	1	0	0	0	0	1
Terry Moore	0	0	0	0	1	0
Frenchy Bordagaray	1	0	0	0	0	0
Stu Martin	1	0	1	0	0	0

New York Giants — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jo-Jo Moore	5	0	1	0	0	2
Dick Bartell	5	2	1	1	0	0
Jimmy Ripple	4	2	4	2	1	0
Mel Ott	5	1	1	1	0	1
Wally Berger	4	1	1	1	1	0
Johnny McCarthy	4	0	1	2	0	1
Harry Danning	4	1	0	0	0	1
Mickey Haslin	3	1	1	0	1	0
Slick Castleman	3	1	1	2	0	1

St. Louis Cardinals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Weiland	4.0	8	1	4
Ray Harrell	2.0	0	0	1
Max Macon	2.0	3	2	1

New York Giants — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Slick Castleman	9.0	8	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jimmy Brown: 6/P
Joe Stripp: 1/BP
Enos Slaughter: 3/G

Bot 1

Jo-Jo Moore: K
Dick Bartell: E5/G
Jimmy Ripple: S9.1-3
Mel Ott: S8.3-H(UR);1-3
Wally Berger: W.1-2
Johnny McCarthy: S9.3-H;2-H;1-3
Harry Danning: 3/P
Mickey Haslin: 3/FL

Top 2

Joe Medwick: S7
Johnny Mize: S9.1-3
Pepper Martin: 36(1)/FO.3-H
Don Gutteridge: 53.1-3
Mickey Owen: 53

Bot 2

Slick Castleman: 4/L
Jo-Jo Moore: K
Dick Bartell: S9.B-2(E4/TH1)
Jimmy Ripple: S9.2-H(UR);B-2(E1)
Mel Ott: 3/G

Top 3

Bob Weiland: K
Jimmy Brown: 43
Joe Stripp: 8/F

Bot 3

Wally Berger: 9/F
Johnny McCarthy: 9/F
Harry Danning: K

Top 4

Enos Slaughter: 3/G
Joe Medwick: 3/L
Johnny Mize: 9/F

Bot 4

Mickey Haslin: S7
Slick Castleman: FC1/SH.1-2
Jo-Jo Moore: S4/G.2-3;1-2
Dick Bartell: 7/F.3-H;2-3
Jimmy Ripple: S8/8S.3-H;1-2
Mel Ott: K
Wally Berger: 64(1)/FO

Top 5

Pepper Martin: HR/9
Don Gutteridge: W
Mickey Owen: 8/F
Terry Moore: W.1-2
Jimmy Brown: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Joe Stripp: 8/F

Bot 5

Johnny McCarthy: 9/F
Harry Danning: 7/F
Mickey Haslin: 4/P

Top 6

Enos Slaughter: 3/G
Joe Medwick: 43
Johnny Mize: S7
Pepper Martin: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Slick Castleman: K
Jo-Jo Moore: 13
Dick Bartell: 7/7D/F

Top 7

Don Gutteridge: 8/F
Mickey Owen: 53
Frenchy Bordagaray: 8/F

Bot 7

Jimmy Ripple: W
Mel Ott: SB2
Mel Ott: 8/F
Wally Berger: S9.2-H
Johnny McCarthy: K
Harry Danning: E3/TH2.1-3;B-2
Mickey Haslin: IW
Slick Castleman: S8.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);1-3
Jo-Jo Moore: 13

Top 8

Jimmy Brown: 5/FL
Joe Stripp: S7
Enos Slaughter: 8/F
Joe Medwick: 8/F

Bot 8

Dick Bartell: 2/FL
Jimmy Ripple: S2/G
Mel Ott: 5/FL
Wally Berger: 13

Top 9

Johnny Mize: 3/P
Pepper Martin: 13
Don Gutteridge: S5
Mickey Owen: HR/7.1-H
Stu Martin: S9
Jimmy Brown: 31

Notes & reviews

Protest=H $Giants manager Bill Terry protested at the start of the game that the Cardinals roster still had 25 players; rosters had dropped to 23 the previous night; Commissioner Kenesaw Landis had refused to allow the Cardinals to release to Rochester Roy Henshaw and Si Johnson; Landis had granted the team a grace period; Terry claimed that he had not gotten any such notice
Rain started

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